Profiles
During my weekend posting spree (well, I reverted back to Instagram Sunday) I mentioned both the book "I Love Dick" and formerly having an online dating profile. The profile came to mind because I was […]
Distractions
Laptops, Las Vegas
Dumbest question ever (from someone who has never bought a new computer and the one used transaction occurred in the mid-'90s): how do you transfer all of your stuff to a new laptop? I would […]
What’s in a Name?
Things you might hear at a middle-aged holiday party: a watery-eyed bald man saying "retarded" and no one caring. I can't be bothered to look up online sentiment –I guess I'd rather not know–but I […]
Speakable Things
When I was 39 I saw an episode of thirtysomething for the first time, in a hotel room because I love watching TV in bed on vacation. I wanted to write something smart about it, […]
Hombres
That thing happened again where I have a romantic dream (not sexual, mind you) about a person I don't know in real life and don't think I'm attracted to but then spend the next day […]
Walking the Talk
I’ve become a human pinball on the nine-block stretch of Roosevelt Avenue between my apartment and the express E stop. No matter how I walk, slower, faster, on the right, on the left, I end […]
Fall Lineup
Within the first five minutes of the premiere of American Horror Story, there was barfing in a trash can. Two-headed women will do that. In the second episode of the new season of Walking Dead […]
Packing It In
The thing about moving three times in two years is that you get to refine your paring down. There's still a lot of under-worn socks, underwear, blouses, and shoes to be purged. Maybe even books. […]
Summer Shoes
It's still summer, it's still over 90 degrees and I still have summer feet a.k.a. heels ripped to shreds. The above grossness is the aftermath of trying for the third time to wear the […]
Martin (Not Lawrence)
Do you ever say that something is your favorite, maybe not the most favorite, a favorite lumped in with an unordered list of favorite things, but in reality it might not be something you'd think […]